Many Taylor Swift fans have been warned to expect disappointment as more than 70 per cent will be without tickets to the 2024 Eras Tour, new data has revealed. It comes shortly after the popstar announced dates to the UK and European leg of her tour taking place next summer.
When the 34-year-old first shared the news of her Eras Tour last November, tickets were in high demand as Swifties crashed the Ticketmaster site for the North American shows. And now thousands have already frantically put steps in place to bag tickets for the UK and European shows before the registration deadline - which has now passed.
However, as many US fans will know, getting your hands on Taylor Swift tickets is like finding gold dust, with those hoping to see the Shake It Off singer live next year warned to not get their hopes up too much. According to new data from Buzz Bingo, almost three-quarters are likely to miss out.
Based on each stadium’s capacity across all confirmed shows, there are an estimated 750,076 tickets available for the tour, leaving over 2.1 million fans without tickets (75 per cent), Buzz Bingo says. A predicted 2.9 million fans will be trying to obtain tickets in the UK, based on Ticketmaster data of how many people tried to get tickets to the 2023 tour in the US.
The UK dates and stadium capacity numbers confirmed are:
- Edinburgh, Murrayfield Stadium – June 7 and 8, 2024 (67,144 capacity and 134,288 seats available across all nights)
- Liverpool, Anfield Stadium – June 14 and 15, 2024 (53,394 capacity and 106,788 seats available across all nights)
- Cardiff, Principality Stadium – June 18, 2024 (74,500 capacity and 149,000 seats available across all nights)
- London, Wembley Stadium – June 21 and 22, and August 16 and 17, 2024 (90,000 capacity and 360,000 seats available across all nights)
Looking into populations as a whole, the chances of scoring a ticket to the Edinburgh tour is where fans have the highest chance. Figures indicate that there will be 2.7 million residents per one show, as opposed to one show per 7.8 million residents in England.
Swifties across the UK and Europe will be looking at which cities may be less popular to provide better chances of getting tickets. This could potentially make the likelihood of those in Scotland and England’s chances even less.
In regards to the US Eras tour, Live Nation chairman, Greg Maffei, said: "We could have filled 900 stadiums." The ticket site recorded selling over two million tickets in one day as 14 million were onsite trying to checkout.
If applying this to the UK shows with the predicted total of 2.9 million fans trying to get tickets, the Eras Tour could potentially fill a total of 78 UK stadiums according to the average size. Taylor Swift could also fill:
- Murrayfield Stadium 43 times
- Anfield Stadium 54 times
- Principality Stadium 39 times
- Wembley Stadium 32 times
Swift fans are also worried about who exactly is getting their hands on tickets, with resellers in the US reportedly selling their Florida tickets for upwards of $28,000 (£22,000), according to Reuters.
In order to have the best shot at getting tickets, you'll have needed to register on Taylor’s Ticketmaster site first, where you’ll be able to choose your preferred location. Although, Ticketmaster stress this doesn’t guarantee you a ticket and the deadline to register has now passed (23:59 on June 22).
For those who registered, they will be contacted on July 5 by Ticketmaster letting them know whether they’ve received an “on-sale code” or placed on a waiting list.
